RIVERSIDE, California, May 3 -- The University of California Riverside campus issued the following news:

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Toxic comeback looms for upholstered furniture

CA has the chance to prevent rollback of national protections

By Jules Bernstein

For decades, Californians, and by extension, Americans, have lived alongside unhealthy flame-retardant chemicals embedded in their furniture, thanks to a few lines in a 1970s state law.